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September 2006

Well, no, it's not a french paper line, but looking at the designs we feel like Lucy probably felt when she went to the fashion district in Paris. Ooh La La! Project Runway, watchout!

These versatile papers are now all in stock (the dresses are just the right size to alter into Art Paper Dolls)...ooh, we likee!

Creative Imaginations papers and epoxy stickers have arrived as well. From the beaches of Southern California, to Las Vegas, Washington D.C. and far off Italy, these offerings are just what we needed to work on our travel pages. Gotta see 'em to get the full effect...wow!

Have a great weekend; we're open Saturday, from 10-6, and Sunday from 12-5. If you come by on Sunday, say hello to our Norman Dixon, who'll be leading his popular Anna Griffin Lay-Out Workshop from 1-3. Love ya, Norman!!!

We're so happy to have our new shipment of Crate Paper. These high quality, two sided 12x12 papers are in yummy patterns and tones, and arrived with coordinating alphabets and other useful embellishments. There are five different pre-packs of product as well.

An outstanding line.

Now in house: Papayalicious "Spare Parts" collage packs. Imagination provoking images that will take your art to the next level. Check out their ABC tag packs as well...they're so different, yet so useful.

Click on the image on the left to get a taste of the free "Spirit House" class we're offering on Saturday, December 9th. The spaces filled up in about twelve minutes, but we do have a waiting list running, and welcome those who wish to see the technique to drop by that day. Don't worry, we'll be offering more free workshops now and then, and will stagger the blog-posting times to give everyone a chance to have a go at them.

Come see Mary's new stove...it's an unusually wonderful piece of vintage kitchen cool!

Saturday, December 9th, from 11am...very limited space; Spirit Houses by instructor Linda Woods (sistersonsojourn.com)...Linda will be leading our lucky artists in the creation of a Spirit House village...and though we are very limited with our class size (first call, first seated), we welcome voyeurs who wish to watch the creation of this little neighborhood. We love everything lovely Linda does...and we think you will too!

Call right away...once the seats are gone, they're gone (but we will have a wait list)

We think you'll love these new rub-ons from American Craft as much as we do; just give them a little rub with the special stylus included in each package, and you'll know the pleasure that a perfect embellishment can bring to a project.

We've received great assortment of alphabet fonts (both rub-ons and stickers) ...come on over and see the selection.

We've had quite a number of requests for brads, so wouldn't you know it, Mary ordered scads of brads in every color, both full sized and mini! While she was at it, she ordered all the coordinating buttons as well. What an array!

Wait until you see the exquisite shadow-box frames with vintage-inspired molding (two sizes,) lined with an upholstered, gorgeous brocade and a little gift inside: a package of pearl-tipped pins with which to mount your favorite memories.

From our same fabulous source, we received something we hadn't come upon before: french-inspired shabby-chic wall plaques with a secret...it's magnetic! Wouldn't you know it, the curiously strong magnets that arrived with them are perfectly aged fleur-de-lis. We have a feeling that you all will appreciate them almost as much as we do!

Included in the shipment are metal dress forms, about as big as a child, that have hooks in just the right places, to hold whatever one sees fit. They are in an aged pale pink, or creamy butter. Just dreamy!

We've been making our Art Dolls using the rubberstamps from Character Constructions. Here's an example by Chachi Montero, using a headshot of her daughter instead of a stamped image. Pretty cool stuff (oh the possiblities...) fortunately, we have more of the body part images due in early next week.

Artists Teresa McFayden, Carol Wingert, Catherine Moore, Jeannine Stein, Holly Dye and Suzi Finer will be leading the cruise-long workshops, crops and creations, with your hostess Mary Smilove at the helm! Rates start at about $1500.00 for an inside cabin, based on double occupancy; art experience, port charges and taxes included, does not include travel insurance, transportation or hotel accomodations, taxes and rates subject to change without notice, etc...but it's all you can eat, and we're providing most workshop materials, prizes, giveaways, group activities plus plus.

Call Lorelle at The Cruise Crew, 1.877.419.1783, ASAP, as it is a very popular destination. 3rd & 4th person staterooms are available on a limited basis, at reduced rates. Could we have any more fun? Sure...and we'll have more details coming up.

We are so pleased to have received the latest box of goodies from Rusty Pickle! The halloween papers and accessories, school/office type ephemera, funky Mom & Dad playful papers, and dreamy travel pages are just what we needed today.

Can't wait to start playing with these sets...

Junkitz: Sparkle plenty...right on the cutting edge!

ADDITIONAL CLASS ADDED: Our BTS class was such a hit last Saturday, that we have, by request, opened a special encore session for this Friday, September 29th, at 6:45pm. Call the store for details...space is limited. Instructor: Holly Dye

All materials included, but bring your own scissors for best results. ($55.00)

Side Note: All of us here at Sweetpeas and Snapshots send our heartfelt wishes for a very Happy Birthday evening! We L-O-V-E you and hope that this next year is your very best year ever, in every way! (thanks for the flowers, Alice!)

And last of all today, we also want to thank all of you, are customers and friends, for continuing to make Sweetpeas and Snapshots a great place to be. It's people like you that make Sweetpeas not a "job", but a pleasure (thanks for the flowers, H & J)

So many boxes arrived today that it was actually a little overwhelming...but we managed to get it all out just in time for the weekend. Let me just say, that we were so busy unpacking the plethora of packages that we had to put off my picture-taking duties for a minute. However, we cannot contain my enthusiasm long enough to wait, so we are giving you a partial list of what arrived on this very busy Friday:

Hey, did we mention that the new Junkitz Halloween papers are magically appearing on the shelves? We especially love the Legend of Sleepy Hollow text paper. The natural fabric flowers are ideal for adding stamped images and inking the edges. We have a very nice variety of inks in stock now at our new ink bar; mix yourself a inky cocktail for later!

Didn't want to leave out the fact that our acrylic block section is overflowing with 'em; keep your eye on the ones with the grids, they're great for lining up those alphabet words.

Tip of the day: Look in our nooks and crannies for the hidden treasures...you won't be disappointed!

This past Saturday, a really nice group of women got together for a lovely vacation...at least for a few hours. They created, from scratch, these fabulous hand-bound Travel Journals (all materials were included in the class); each and every last one of them turned out perfectly! Take a look at these close-ups (click to enlarge):

We deeply respect and appreciate our students and instructors. In a well thought out effort to make our workshops run even smoother, we are implementing a pay-as-you-enroll policy for all of our presentations. If one does have a conflict with the scheduled class, we are offering a 72 hour cancellation policy and will do our best to fill any cancelled spaces from our open waiting lists. We hope you understand, and respect the time our instructors spend preparing for their detailed workshops...we love nothing more than seeing the glowing faces of students showing us their completed projects. Thank you all for making our classes so successful!

Our big, beatiful booth was filled all day with new friends and old. Jeannine Stein and Holly Dye donated their day providing free mini-book make-'n-takes that went from 10am-6pm with only one teensy food break. Those girls rocked!

A highlight of the day was when we had a visit from the Art Sisters, Linda and Karen popped over for a delightful visit during a break from their book event. You really need to take a gander at their creation, so hit this link: I Am Art and you will see a glimpse into the wonderful world of our dear friends. BTW...Rosie O'Donnell loves 'em too!

We had some really cool books for sale at our booth, and ordered extra to take back to the shop

Let's just say, it was a great day. Biggest highlights; we met Jeff and his lovely wife from Autumn Leaves (we knew he was cool when he identified the Cavallini products to his mrs...), Josh, the winningest Geek from Beauty & The Geek (we are getting that Shrine class together for you!), and had a nice visit with Leonard Maltin, who was a student of our own Jeannine's daddy-o back in the day. Lorelei Gilmore (Lauren Graham) did a walk through, and Tommy Chong did a walk by. Did we mention that the food was good?